Late winter storm

March 4, 2013 |compiled from wire photos

A snowstorm charged into the Mid-Atlantic region on Wednesday, dumping heavy, wet flakes, snapping tree limbs and knocking out power to about 100,000 people.

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Johnny Connell, 5, takes a dive into the snow while his twin sisters Christine and Sammy, 3, and mother Megan Connell play in the yard across from their home in Clintonville, Ohio on Wednesday, March 6, 2013. A late-winter storm dumped a half-foot or more of snow across much of Ohio.

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Johnny Connell, 5, takes a dive into the snow while his twin sisters Christine and Sammy, 3, and mother Megan Connell play in the yard across from their home in Clintonville, Ohio on Wednesday, March 6, 2013. A late-winter storm dumped a half-foot or more of snow across much of Ohio.